Asterisk CLI

You can see all call progress on Asterisk CLI (command line interface).

To login to Asterisk CLI you need:

1. SSH to your Asterisk server as root
2. Type:

asterisk -vvvvvvvvvR

That's it.

Now you will see all call progress on the screen.

To leave Asterisk CLI type exit and press ENTER

Following video shows how to do that:

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SIP debug

To see what sip messages are going through the Asterisk, execute this command:

sip set debug on

To disable it:

sip set debug off

See also

• Get Asterisk CLI output for specific call
• MySQL server has gone away